Rosa République de Montmartre

Rosa République de Montmartre is a modern hybrid tea rose. This vigorous and disease-resistant rose blooms in abundance from May until the first frost. It is an excellent rose for flower beds. Its large, old-fashioned style roses are fully double, composed of over 100 petals in an intense red colour, enhanced by beautiful dark green foliage. Their light scent of red fruits and their fully open shapes are perfect in generous bouquets.

Rosa République de Montmartre 'Delparfrou' is a modern bush rose with large clustered flowers launched in 2012 by the rose breeder Delbard, belonging to the series of roses 'Souvenirs of Perfumed Love'. It has a bushy and upright habit, reaching about 90cm (35in) in all directions at maturity. It has a rapid growth rate. It produces strong, thorny branches that bear dense foliage with large toothed leaflets, in a shining dark green colour. Throughout summer, the plant produces waves of large flowers, 10cm (4in) in diameter, with an imperfect turbinate shape typical of hybrid tea roses while possessing the grace of old roses. The full flowers are composed of over 100 satin petals in a pure red colour, often tinged with magenta on the reverse. This colour does not fade in the sun. The flowers are gathered in bouquets at the end of long shoots from the current year or by those that emerge from 2-year-old stems. The rose will flower continuously until October if faded blooms are regularly removed. The foliage is particularly healthy. 

As explained by the rose breeder Delbard, the roses from this series are "voluptuous, romantic, and fragrant, these roses have the unique charm of old roses, memories of childhood and moments of rediscovered happiness!"

Rosa République de Montmartre is superb in flower beds, in groups of 3 plants, in large monochromatic borders, or with white roses. It also blends well with light shrubs, perennials, and annuals such as gaura, paniculate gypsophila, campanulas, paniculate phlox, or tall foxgloves. It will be beautifully displayed in front of a boxwood or yew hedge, or surrounded by a miniature hedge or a carefully organised maze, as in Italian or French gardens. You can also plant a climbing herbaceous clematis with blue flowers like Clematis heracleifolia, or a Sollya heterophylla in mild climates at its base. Its roses are stunning in bouquets, paired with lilies in summer or asters in autumn.